Wagga Wagga - Older Person's Mental Health Unit

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location Health Services Hub, Level 2, 260 Edward Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650 Get directions

Referral required from a GP or community mental health service.

Virtual care (telehealth) is available at this service. Please call to book an appointment.

Wheelchair accessible

opening hours 24-hour service.
Reception: Monday to Friday: 8,30am to 5pm

The Older Person's Mental Unit is located in a purpose-built space in the new Health Services Hub. The Unit offers expanded inpatient services with 24 beds.

Our services

Services include 8 beds in T-Basis or Transitional Behavioural Assessment and Intervention Service, 12 beds in the Older Person's Mental Health Unit and 4 beds in the High Dependency Unit.

The Health Services Hub has direct access to services in the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

If you are a carer of an older person or if you are an older person feeling high levels of mental distress, we can provide the following services:

A T-BASIS service for people with severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).
Care for people over 65 years who need short term hospital care due to acute symptoms of mental illness.

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